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Implementation for PBL-online and PBL-book.

PBL-online PBL-book
Teacher briefed the students on the Teacher briefed the students on the
PBL work in October (refer to the PBL work in October (refer to the
scaffolding) scaffolding)

Teacher selected a newspaper article Teacher selected a newspaper article
and sent via Evernote for students to and sent via WhatsApp for students
read every fortnightly. to read every fortnightly.

Students wrote their reflections in Students wrote their reflections in
Evernote (homework) and it will be book (homework). Then, their
checked by teacher biweekly. books were submitted biweekly.

Due to time constraint, only one Due to time constraint, only one
group with the best reflections group with the best reflections
presented in the class (face-to-face) presented in the class (face-to-face)
for about 10 minutes. Thus, only two for about 10 minutes. Thus, only two
groups presented every month. groups presented every month.

After presentation, their peers After presentation, their peers
(listeners/audience) could pose (listeners/audience) could pose
questions to presenters. This questions to presenters. This
encouraged the students to exchange encouraged the students to exchange
their point of views based on their their point of views based on their
own understanding of the text. own understanding of the text.

Teacher summed up the activity Teacher summed up the activity

Scaffolding for PBL Activities on “How to write reflections?”

Method of reflections writing is adapted from Reading First: Research – Based Reading
Instruction Using Newspaper, written by Shaw (2003). Shaw (2003) holds the view that a good
reader always links text to another reading or event because it brings greater meaning to
passages. Furthermore, Halvorsen (2005) emphasises the need to encourage readers to interact
with texts and materials instead of simply regurgitating information from a reading or listening
passage to answer questions. He adds that this method will help students to interact with the
world around them and to become more self-aware and reflective thinkers. In addition, Vavla
(2009), suggests teachers to encourage students to bring their reading to their own world
knowledge. Therefore, in my study, the students were required to think critically to relate the
news to themselves and their surroundings as follow:
Text to Self : link your own life with the text
Text to Education : link the Malaysian education with the text
Text to Community : link the community (friends, classmates, neighbours, etc.) with
the text
Prior to that, the students had to list keywords that led them to the gist of the article.

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